Not For Broadcast or Publication

November 30, 2006

Media
Instruction and Information Sheet

The Ohio Department of
Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) Public Information Office will be accepting
credentials/identification information from media outlets that are planning to
cover the execution of inmate Kenneth Biros (Trumbull County). This information
must be faxed to the DRC Public Information Office no later than noon on
Friday, January 5, 2007. The fax number is (614) 752-1171. The execution
is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 23, 2007, at the Southern Ohio
Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio.

There are two forms of
identification that need to be submitted (one picture ID) and a letter
(on affiliate letterhead) from the news organization you represent. This
letter should include your home address, as well as your work and home telephone
numbers. A list will be generated from the information received and you will be
cleared only after completing this process. You must have the same
credentials with you at the site. If you are not pre-credentialed you will
not gain access to the prison Media Center. The Media Center is a secure area
that is being provided inside the prison. Non-credentialed media will be
permitted to cover the event from the prison parking lot.

The Media Center for
credentialed media will be activated at 4:00 p.m. the day prior to
the execution. A media briefing will be held at 4:30 p.m. that day.
The Media Center will reopen at 6:00 a.m. the day of the execution. There
will be a briefing at 7:30 a.m. the day of the execution. All media must
arrive at the Media Center by 8:30 a.m. in order to be allowed in the
center. No persons will be permitted to enter or leave the center after 8:30
a.m. until the execution is carried out. Media witnesses and pool
reporters must report to the prison no later than 7:30 a.m. on the
morning of the execution. The Media Center will close at 1:00 p.m.
At that time any remaining media will be escorted out of the prison by the media
teams.

There will be no access to
other areas of the prison. Movement will be limited to and from the Media
Center. For security purposes, photographs and taped video may not be taken
outside of the Media Center. Television and radio crews will be able to bring
their equipment into the center. Live remote shots must be done outside due to
security at the institution.

Immediately following the
execution, the official spokeswoman from DRC will make a formal announcement
regarding the time of death. Following that statement the pool reporters and
media witnesses will hold a briefing. A written transcript of the inmate’s final
statement will be provided at the conclusion of the briefing. No further
interviews with DRC staff will be conducted. No one will be permitted to leave
the center until the briefings have been concluded.

Each affiliate will be
permitted two persons in the Media Center. There will be reserved seating for
major media outlets. There will be 48 telephone lines available in the Media
Center, as well as a bank of pay phones for 800 numbers or calling card use
located outside.

A mult-box will be provided.
Each media outlet should bring proper equipment. No microphones will be
permitted on the briefing podium. DRC will supply media witnesses to the
execution with paper, pens and pencils.

Per DRC’s media policy, a
radio pool reporter will be selected by DRC for the execution and the Ohio
Legislative Correspondents Association will select a print reporter. The
Director of DRC will select a television pool reporter through a lottery system
comprised of the four major news affiliates.

This information is subject
to change. For further information please contact the DRC Public Information
Office at (614) 752-1150.